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Book: “The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life”

The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life

Some of the chapters from this book includes …

Chapter 2: “The Search for How the World Works”
Chapter 3: “The Law of Attraction”
Chapter 4: “The Universe Inside Your Brain”
Chapter 6: “Your Dream Business”
Chapter 7: “The Neural Reconditioning Process”
Chapter 11: “Your Ideal Customer”
Chapter 12: “Innovating Your Business”

Book: “The Spectrum” by Dean Ornish

Dr. Dean Ornish has written “The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health“. Dr. Dean Ornish writes many books on health and wellness and is founder of Preventive Medicine Research Institute as well as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Hear Dr. Mark Hyman praise and recommendation of the book …

Book: “The Joy of Not Working”

The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked- 21st Century Edition” is a book by Ernie Zelinski, who the back cover mentions as being “creatively unemployed” for the 14 years and believes that “we work so hard – can overvalue work so much – that we have forgotten how to just live!”

More from the back cover …

  • The Joy of Not Working will guide you to:
  • Discover and pursue your life’s passions
  • Work more productively by working less
  • Be financially independent with less money
  • Vanquish boredom in your life
  • Lose your fear of losing your job
  • Take pleasure in your own company
  • Get more joy and satisfaction out of everything you do.

Book: “Does God Play Dice?”

In his book “Does God Play Dice: The New Mathematics of Chaos“, Ian Stewart explains chaos theory to the average person.

Book: “Punching In”

In the book “Punching In: The Unauthorized Adventures of a Front-Line Employee“, Alex Frankel tells us what it is like to work in the front-lines of the service industry. He worked at UPS, Gap, Starbucks, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and Apple Store.

Book: “You Want Fries With That”

You Want Fries with That: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage” was written by Prioleau Alexander. Alexander was an advertising executive who got tired of his white-collar job. He quit to do various work in the service industry such as pizza delivery, emergency room technician, ice cream person, etc. Is it better or worst than his white-collar job? This book tells of his experiences and his answer to that question.

Book: “Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It”

The title of this book by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson basically says it all: “Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific

If that doesn’t say it all, then how about the quote on the front cover: “If you work, you need this book” says Timothy Ferriss.

“Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks” by Marilyn von Savant

Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks

The sub-title of this book is “The World’s Smartest Person Shows You How to Exercise Yourself Smarter”.

In the late 1980’s, the author Marilyn von Savant was listed by “Guinness Book of World Records” as having the highest IQ.

You can see her bio on her website at MarilynVonSavant.com and read more about her on Wikipedia.

Book: “Best of the Brain from Scientific American”

Best of the Brain from Scientific American: Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow’s Brain

This book contains 21 articles about the mind and the brain from Scientific American, a popular-science magazine.

Book by Professor Warren: “Two Income Trap”

Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor, co-authors the book The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke

Book: “Predictably Irrational” by Dan Ariely

Dan Ariely, a professor researching on behavioral economics, writes the book Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions that explains some of our irrational behaviors such as why we overvalue free items, etc.

The book has such interesting chapter titles such as …

Chapter 3: “The Cost of Zero Cost: Why we Often Pay Too Much When We Pay Nothing”
Chapter 4: “The Cost of Social Norms: Why We Are Happy to Do Things, but Not When We Are Paid to Do Them”.
Chapter 5: “The Problem of Procrastination and Self-Control: Why We Can’t Make Ourselves Do What We Want to Do”
and many more chapters with catchy titles.

Even the introduction has a title: “How an Injury Let Me to Irrationality and toht eResearch Described Here”

Here is video that explains the types of experiments that Dan Ariely explores …

Book: “MicroTrends” by Mark Penn

Mark Penn, a famous pollster, writes “Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes” which explains certain interesting trends in society. Below is also a video of Penn speaking about his book at the Google headquarter in Mountain View, California.

Books on Brain Health

Here are some practical books on the care of your brain and how to keep it healthly.

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

The subtitle of this book is “The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness”

Dr. Daniel G. Amen write an informative and practical book on how to keep your brain healthy and working well. Regardless of what state your brain is in now, it can be improved. Because the brain is so central to our being, improving the brain often will improve our lives. The two main points is good diet and exercise.

Dr. Amen is a clinical neuro scientist and medical director of Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine.

More books by Dr. Amen »

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You Owner’s Manual books by Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz

Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz has written the following series of books, known as the “You” books, for staying young and healthy. Many of their books has gone to the New York Times Bestseller list.

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Book: “A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer”

The merging of quantum physics and computer science is the idea of a quantum computer that can solve certain problems many times faster than classical computers.
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